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bus
character cell
character proportion
character set
character weight
checksum
Code V
command
command delimiter An ASCII character used to begin a command string
command sequence
compatibility
compressed
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A circuit for the transfer of data or electrical signals
between two devices.
The invisible rectangular space occupied by a character,
including the white space around the character. The
height of a cell remains constant even with changes in
the current line spacing, and the width is equal to the
current character spacing. Used as a unit of spacing.
The ratio of character height to character width.
See also compressed and expanded.
A set of codes, each of which represents a printable
character, including symbols, punctuation, numbers,
diacritical markings, and alphabet characters. Each
character is assigned a unique code value.
The degree of lightness and thickness of printed text. For
example: Bold refers to a heavy or thick character
weight. Medium, normal, or book weight refer to the
character weight used in this sentence.
A stored or transmitted numerical value used to verify
data integrity.
An optional QMS emulation which allows you to create
and store forms, generate logos, bar codes, and
expanded characters, create other graphics, and merge
graphics with alphanumeric data as a document is
printed.
An instruction, such as a form feed command, sent from
a computer to the printer (sometimes called a control
code or non-printable character). As opposed to data,
which is information to be printed.
(same as SFCC). Commonly used command delimiters
are ESC (1B hex) and SOH (01 hex).
Two or more bytes that instruct the printer to perform a
special function. The first character in the sequence is a
special function control character (SFCC), which alerts
the printer that the string is a command sequence.
See also escape sequence, SSCC, and SFCC
sequence.
The ability of one printer to accept and properly process
commands meant for a different printer.
See also emulation and protocol.
Refers to a typeface with a font width approximately 60%
smaller than normal. Character height is not changed.
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